PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has revealedestablishment of economic zones in the new districts of the erstwhile FATAand PATA.
He was working on the opening of road communication linking Afghanistantowards central Asia to make this region the economic hub in the wake ofCPEC.
He was presiding over a high level meeting at Chief Minister HousePeshawar. Advisor to CM Abdul Karim, Head of SSU, Sahibzada Saeed,Secretary Industries, Commissioner Peshawar Shahab Ali Shah Attended said ahand out issued here on Saturday.
The meeting focused on the mega projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa thatincluded the finalization of concessional agreement, financial model andthe infrastructure development for the Rashakai industrial Zone, theenergization of CRBC for electricity production and agricultureproductivity.
Furthermore, Hydel project generation in Malakand and Hazara Division andthe provision of cheap electricity to boost industrialization in Malakandand Hazara Divisions, conversion of gas for electricity in Rashakai, Khitarand DIKhan Economic Zones, boosting the traut fish production,establishment of a model village of FATA, Torkham and Ghulam Khan customsupported terminal and other allied issues were also discussed.
The meeting made a number of decisions and decided the way forward forputting these projects into the implementation phase.
Addressing the participants the Chief Minister directed to immediately givefinal touches to the concessional agreement leading to the finalization offinancial model for the Rashakai economic Zone.
The prerequisites, required for the Rashakai Economic Zone should be takencare of in order to get the approval of the Federal Government by January15, 2019.
The energization of CRBC and the projects converting the dedicated gas of225 mmcf for electricity conversion in the locative economic zones ofRashakai, Khatar and DI Khan should be taken care of he added.
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Mahmood Khan ordered to sketch out a plan for the provision of electricityproduced locally in Malakand Division for food processing and agro-basedindustrialization and tourism related activities in Malakand Division.
“CPEC has brought along multifaceted challenges and we have the requisitelevel of commitment to fulfill these challenges. We would train our youthto coup with the growing challenges of producing skilled man power”, headded.
Chief Minister said that the new merged districts of the erstwhile FATAwould get one of the economic zone under the CPEC formula and therefore thepublic institutions should take all necessary measures to mature it.
The hydro project station of Mataltan and others producing electricitycheaply would be provided to the food processing, agro-based, livestock andtourism related industries on cheaper rate that would be the overallsocio-economic development plan for the northern districts of the province.He also directed to identify a village to be developed as a model villageof the merged districts.
Mahmood Khan said that peace is the basic prerequisite for the economicgrowth. Once peace is returned to the region, the region would have thebright prospects of growth.
He called upon the participants to prepare themselves for the growingopportunities in the wake of CPEC. This region including the mergeddistricts would be the end beneficiaries of the boom in trade.
The government would provide one window operation and asked the IT and STDepartment to prepare an integrated dash board for the one window operationto facilitate investment, trade and industrialization in the province.
